Fallout Is Causing a Fan Meltdown — But Is It Actually Bad? video
Emmett Smith / cnet - People are freaking out about Fallout — and the reactions couldn't be more divided. Some fans are calling it one of the best video game adaptations ever made. Others think it's already betraying Fallout's canon. So… are they right?
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AMD's 9850X3D locks in the $499 sweet spot for gaming CPUs
techspot - That price puts the new chip $20 above the original launch price of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and roughly $30 higher than many current listings, leaving AMD with a modest premium for what it describes as a small uplift in frame rates rather than a generational …
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The year’s first Nintendo Direct focuses on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Nintendo has announced its first Direct presentation of 2026 will be focused entirely on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. On Twitter, the company confirmed that the stream will be held on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 6 a.m. PT/9 a.m. ET on YouTube. It’s rather unusual…
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Epic and Google Have a Secret $800 Million Unreal Engine and Services Deal
BeauHD / slashdot - A federal judge revealed a previously undisclosed ~$800 million, six-year partnership between Epic Games and Google tied to Unreal Engine services and joint marketing. It raises questions about whether the deal influenced Epic's willingness to settle its …
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Fable is Coming to Xbox, PC, and PS5 in Autumn 2026
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Fable, the most-anticipated game from Xbox Game Studios got a proper gameplay reveal today, and it will launch on Xbox, PC, and PS5 in Autumn 2026.The post Fable is Coming to Xbox, PC, and PS5 in Autumn 2026 appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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Forza Horizon 6 launches in May
Jay Peters / theverge - Forza Horizon 6 will launch on Xbox Series X / S and PC on May 19th, Xbox and developer Playground Games announced during Thursday's Developer Direct showcase. If you preorder the Premium Edition, you can play starting May 15th. The game will come to PS5 …
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AMD Officially Confirms Ryzen 7 9850X3D MSRP: $499 - Launching on January 29
techpowerup - AMD has just announced that the much-anticipated Ryzen 7 9850X3D desktop gaming CPU will launch on January 29, with a suggested retail price of $499. This newcomer will sit just above its 8-core sibling in Team Red's current-gen 3D V-Cache-augmented line …
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Your Prince of Persia remake is dead, Ubisoft is reshaping its lineup
digitaltrends - The Prince of Persia Sands of Time Remake canceled news is now official. Ubisoft has confirmed it has discontinued the long-delayed remake, closing the door on a modern take of the 2003 classic after years of setbacks. The cancellation lands inside a broa…
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Ubisoft cancels six games, including Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Ubisoft has confirmed that its long-gestating remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has been cancelled. The news came as part of a larger restructuring which will see Ubisoft breaking into five “creative houses” that will focus on different franch…
- Major Ubisoft Reorganization & Restructuring (5)
- Prince of Persia Remake Cancellation (7)
- Shift: Open Worlds and GaaS Focus (1)
Major Ubisoft Reorganization & Restructuring
Prince of Persia Remake Cancellation
Shift: Open Worlds and GaaS Focus
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Life is Strange: Reunion, an ‘Emotional Conclusion to Max & Chloe’s Journey’, Launches on March 26
Alessio Palumbo / wccftech - As promised last week, Deck Nine Games has just announced Life is Strange: Reunion, a new entry in the adventure game series published by Square Enix. The press release describes this as the emotional conclusion to the journey of Max and Chloe, the main c…
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Bungie's Marathon arrives on March 5
Igor Bonifacic / engadget - Marathon, Bungie's long-awaited extraction shooter, will arrive on March 5, the studio announced today. Alongside a definitive release date, Bungie shared a new gameplay trailer, in addition to details about the game's forthcoming deluxe edition, which fa…
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Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming May Soon Let You Stream Your Own Games for Free - If You Watch Ads
msmash / slashdot - Microsoft appears to be preparing an ad-supported tier for Xbox Cloud Gaming that would let players stream games they've purchased digitally without needing a Game Pass subscription, according to a Windows Central report citing sources familiar with the p…
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Rockstar Is Reportedly Letting a Terminally Ill Fan Play Grand Theft Auto VI Early
David Carcasole / wccftech - Spotted by Tech4Gamers, a terminally ill Grand Theft Auto fan seems to have been given the chance to play Grand Theft Auto VI ahead of its release. It's the second time in the span of two years that Take-Two Interactive is giving a dying fan a chance to p…
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AMD Expected To Focus More On RX 9070 XT Than Its Non-XT Variant As It Needs Less Price Adjustments
Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - Similar to NVIDIA, AMD may prioritize some RDNA 4 GPU models over others to reduce the impact of high DRAM sourcing costs. AMD is Reportedly in a Difficult Position and May Not Sustain a Good Supply for Radeon RX 9070 as the XT Variant is Easier for Price…
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The plan for a gaming-themed Atari hotel in Las Vegas has reportedly been scrapped
Cheyenne MacDonald / engadget - Six years after the announcement of plans to build Atari Hotels in eight cities across the US, including Las Vegas, only one now seems to be moving forward, in Phoenix, Arizona. The Las Vegas deal ultimately "didn't come to fruition," spokesperson Sara Co…
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 “Dual 3D V-Cache” CPU Benchmarked, Faster Than Ryzen 9950X3D In Both Single & Multi-Core Tests While Packing 192 MB of L3 Goodness
Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - The fastest X3D processor was just benchmarked on Geekbench again, delivering superb single and multi-core performance. AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Delivers 7% Higher Single-Core and Multi-Core Performance in Geekbench vs Ryzen 9950X3D The upcoming Zen 5 flagshi…
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The latest Legend of Zelda Lego set pays tribute to Ocarina of Time's final battle
Matt Tate / engadget - We already knew something Ocarina of Time-related was coming from Nintendo and Lego in 2026, and now we know exactly what that set will look like. Weighing in at a surprisingly modest 1,003 pieces, the typically word salad-y Lego The Legend of Zelda: Ocar…
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Nintendo Portal Lists Myterious Switch 2 "OSM" Model - Speculated to be "Lite" Variant
techpowerup - Yesterday morning, an allegedly new Nintendo Switch 2 model was highlighted by a Bluesky social media account. Members of the gaming community and media outlets quickly picked up on sky :3's discovery of an unused "OSM" identifier within Nintendo's Accoun…
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(PR) Arknights: Endfield Heading to PC & PlayStation 5 on January 22
techpowerup - Hi everyone, I'm Light Zhong, co-founder and director at Hypergraph. With Arknights: Endfield launching on January 22 on PC and PS5, today we're excited to share more gameplay details on the game. Over the past few years, our team has been working to crea…
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Italian regulators are investigating Activision Blizzard's monetization practices
Andre Revilla / engadget - The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has opened two investigations into Microsoft-owned game studio Activision Blizzard, centered around the mobile games Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty: Mobile. The AGCM alleges the free-to-play games use "misleading…
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